yes! you can finally #shareacoke with me!

Diet Coke - yes, it has my name on it

I admit that, as a blogger, I get a lot of cool things. I get great books, movies and products to review and I get to go on all kinds of amazing trips and enjoy one-of-a-kind experiences.

Although I am so grateful for all of these perks, few things have made me as genuinely scream-out-loud-with-excitement happy as the package I received yesterday.

I finally got a Diet Coke bottle with my name on it!

Diet Coke - Lois bottle

As you may remember from my Viking River Cruise video, I am a Diet Coke fanatic. I often drink it with my Jenny Craig cinnamon rolls for breakfast (I never said I was a good role model) and I’m convinced I may have become a film critic simply to rationalize spending hours in movie theaters eating popcorn and drinking Diet Coke.

You may also remember from my post about the Lois Club, though, that my name is often misspelled or just plain missing from those personalized keychains and stationery you see in souvenir shops.

So, when the #shareacoke campaign was introduced, I fell in love with it and yearned to find my name on a can. I grabbed on to generic words like “Mom” and “Soulmate” because those were the only ways I could participate. Michael and I shared an “Ami” in France, and I related to “Frequent Flyer” on a recent flight.

Diet Coke - airplane napkin

But, inside, I’ve been begging for a “Lois.”

Last week, I received an email from a publicist with a little tease about a surprise she wanted to send me from “a popular, national beverage company I know you love.” I Googled her agency and saw it represented Coke, which made sense because I am totally out in the open about my Diet Coke addiction. I couldn’t imagine what they were going to send but I appreciated the gesture.

When this showed up — “Yes, it has my name on it.” — I started jumping up and down! OMG I was going to finally get a Diet Coke with my name on it!

Diet Coke - box

(My daughter, Sara, humored me and acted like she was happy for me but I think secretly she’s a little jealous that she hasn’t found a bottle featuring her name instead of “Sarah.”)

We opened the box and I swear I could hear angels singing as I uncovered the holy grail.

Diet Coke inside box

Not only do I have a “Lois” bottle now but I also have this cute little cover that I can zip my bottle into to keep it safe and sound.

Diet Coke zipper

Plus, I have stickers in the official Diet Coke font to personalize more bottles and cans, along with labels and, for my Lois sisters out there, a couple of actual Lois wrappers.

Diet Coke labels

I’ll be happy to send labels or stickers to spell your name to a few of you who I’ll choose at random if you leave a comment below and Tweet this:

[Tweet “Hey #Lois I want to #ShareACoke with you! @dietcoke @cocacola #ItsMyDietCoke”]

Meanwhile, I’m going to send a thank you note to the nice people at Diet Coke for validating my Lois-ness and then I’m going to take my special bottle out to the pool.

Sorry but, at least for now, I will not be sharing it.

Diet Coke - Lois bottle at pool

Oh, wait! 🙂

Diet Coke - Lois and Michael bottles

49 thoughts on “yes! you can finally #shareacoke with me!

  1. Never Ever is my name anywhere but where I place it! So sad.
    I am used to it so I would love to share a Diet Coke with an official Lois Diet Coke, that is if you are willing to share because there is no Haralee 🙁

    1. I would be happy to share a Diet Coke with you, Haralee! I know how frustrating it is not to have your name anywhere.

  2. It is cool to have a coke bottle with your name on it! This is a very nice campaign from Coca-Cola. You not only get to enjoy a refreshing drink, you get that thrill of finding a bottle with your name! It makes you feel really special.

  3. I am a Coke Zero drinker, but I am still in search of a Robin bottle. I have been searching for months now.

  4. There will never be Helene on a Coke bottle. Trust me. That said, i would love to share a Diet Coke with you … our next trip, for sure! xoxo

  5. That was a fun thing for Coke to do. I’m happy that you finally got a bottle with your name on it. It’s going to be hot this week in much of the US. Well wishes for good hydration to you and all your readers.

  6. I have yet to see my name on a Coke bottle. It would be exciting for sure. lol I totally love this cover you got. It is so cute. Thanks for sharing.

  7. I really enjoy seeing my name and finding my family’s names on the coke bottles but for someone like me who has gasteroparies I can’t have carbonated drinks. Sighs. The bottles are cool to collect.

  8. I think that it really excited and I can see myself being as excited about something like this as a cruise, LOL. I love this campaign but my favorite drink is Diet Coke with Lime. I am addicted.

  9. Love it. I have yet to see my name which surprises me because mine used to be common. One day I too will have my own coke!

  10. Wow this is the best thing I’ve ever seen. I can NEVER find Jeanine on a coke, or diet coke! I am the biggest coke fanatic and searched forever so this is AWESOME and I totally get just how excited you are!

  11. As a Diet Coke aficionado, I must have one of these. 😀 When there was the whole fad of cokes with names, there was no chance I would ever find mine.. (Ronit) :'( Glad you got to have your own personalized one though. How fun!

  12. My sister loves Diet Coke. This is such a cute bottle cover. I love that it came with stickers to use on other bottles.

  13. This sounds really amazing. I would love to find my name on coke bottles as well & it is going to super exciting. This looks like a a wonderful marketing campaign from Coke.

  14. Oh Lois, how I love everything about this post and in honor of you and your love of Diet Coke, I’m going out to purchase a 24 pack today to share 24 of them with you. <3 How absolutely adorable are you?

    1. Ha ha! I would love to share a 24 pack with you!! And maybe you can cook up one of your delicious recipes to go with it?! xo

  15. Lois- You are the perfect spokesperson for Diet Coke – You spread sunshine wherever you go! I haven’t had a soda in 22 years, however I would sit and watch you drink one anytime! Loved this adorable post!

  16. I would love to share a Diet Coke with you. Anytime, any place. Because I am sure there is a KATHY bottle but never a CATHY!

    So I virtually toast to you for now until we meet again. That is so awesome Louise. I mean Lois. Sorry – Jersey humor. 🙂

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